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Community Guidelines
Welcome to the Wayfarer Community (aka the Wayforum)! We’ve created this space for anyone active in or interested in Niantic Wayfarer and are looking to connect with one another to discuss various aspects of the Wayfarer experience, from nominations and reviews to appeals and support. We encourage you to be active in your…
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My Wayspot nomination was accepted, but does not appear in my game(s). Where did it go?
Hello Explorer, Thank you for your contribution! Getting a Wayspot nomination accepted is a great accomplishment, you should be proud. Your accepted nomination has been added to Niantic map and helps keep it fresh and engaging for all users around the world. While your accepted nomination is guaranteed to show up in our…
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Brazil Wayfarer Challenge - Start Exploring!
Hello Explorers, We are super excited to ship the Brazil Wayfarer Challenge! Starting today, you’ll be able to explore new places, find great places to socialize, and check out exciting places to exercise. If you have your Home and/or your Bonus Location already set to anywhere in Brazil, or your last played location is in…
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Bonus Resets leftover from India Wayfarer Challenge
Hey folks, If you are still in need of a Bonus location reset from the India Wayfarer Challenge, please leave a comment here. Please note that we won't be resetting Bonus locations for the Russia Challenge as we've temporarily relaxed the limitation on Hometown locations so people can make this change themselves.
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2021 Dec. AMA - Response Discussion
Hello Explorers, 2021 December AMA responses are here!!!!!! Thank you all for participating and for asking all of your questions. We selected 15 of the top voted questions and added an additional one as a little something for the end of the year. The responses you see below have been mainly organized in most-voted order…
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Bug squashing
Hi everyone, Just catching up on a few things here and wanted to share an update before the work week begins. [FIXED] Upload later bug swapping your main and supporting photos We pushed the fix on Friday afternoon. Please reset the Pokémon GO app at your earliest convenience. Note that both your main and supporting images…
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Update from the Wayfarer cabin!
Hallo allemal! Thanks for your patience in waiting to hear from us on where we're at with our roadmap and plans. Some of us actually took a slightly longer winter break this year (well, I did) and had a ton of catching up to do in January. 2021 has been personally challenging for me during this pandemic and so I decided to…
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Upcoming Wayfarer features and updates
Hello Explorers! We have a busy week ahead, and I wanted to make sure you were all in the know. ... On Wed Dec 8th, we’ll be shipping our last release of the year (Wayfarer 4.4) which will include: Updates to the “What is it Question” (aka category validation) Ability to appeal a rejected nomination through Wayfarer…
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2021 Playback and Roadmap Update
Hi Fam! Wow, where did the time go? Thank you all for another great year of community mapping! We’ve had an amazing year of awesome updates, new features, and team changes. I wanted to share some end of year global highlights from 2021: Your contributions 138K new Explorers joined the community 1.95M Wayspots approved (out…
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December AMA
Hello Explorers, It’s that time again. Our December AMA will start on December 8, 2021 (TODAY)! Similar to our Sept. AMA, this is the time for you to ask your most pressing questions about Wayfarer and vote on other questions you want answered. Once voting is done, 15 questions will be selected and sent to our team for…
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Why was my nomination declined? George V postbox.
I’m messaging here because I’m very confused why my nomination was declined because other postbox’s that are newer in my small town got accepted. Even explained the history of it and what not. Kinda wish they would explain why it got declined. if anyone can please explain why would be great help!
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"Image do not meet criteria"?
I would very much like to ask you to clarify the situation of what this photo does not meet. Submitted today, at 8:15 am, rejected at 9:37 am with this mail:
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Exclusive New Pokémon GO Feature Comes to Explorers - Routes Creation - Discussion
Hello Explorers, We have some exciting news that is nothing like what you have seen before in the Wayfarer Community. As we continue to find ways to highlight our community across Niantic, sharing how amazing your contributions are, we wanted to include a select number of you in a very exclusive feature launching in…
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Maps and Guides
I see a lot of maps and guides in France. If my memory serves me right, they should not be accepted. Is this correct? Thank you for your time and knowledge.
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Is it possible to know why my pokestop has been rejected?
Is it possible to know why my pokestop has been rejected?
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Invalid Wayspot Appeal: Murals are located nearby at k12
Title of the Wayspot: tranh tường Location: 13.765424,109.226817 City: Binh Dinh Country: Vietnam Screenshot of the Rejection Email: N/A Additional information: Can I ask if a mural outside a K12 school is accepted as a wayspot? If not, why?
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Question
does appeal button works? how many days, weeks, months it takes for my nomination that i appealed to get notice from niantic? i'm just bored getting rejected plus using an upgrade, just a waste of time tho.
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Appeals
Why is some get the chance of appeal,while others not do not? Can someone explain to me why this is so? I have used appeals in past, but the last three rejections,no chance of appeal on a perfectly good submissions, but seems they are getting rejected with lame excuses like location is wrong while the pic shows standing on…
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Location Move Request 250+ Meters - Gemüsezentrale Tägerwilen)
Title of the Wayspot: Gemüsezentrale Tägerwilen Location: Actual Location: 47.65980215608993, 9.138444593332562 Correct Location: 47.658498773941496, 9.130639987604125 City: Tägerwilen Country: Switzerland Photos to support your claim: Ive Submitted the stop on the correct location. see the picture the nomination was goint…
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Location Move Request
Title of the Wayspot: Altes Strohhäuschen Location: 47.62170185381288, 16.779146155961328 Correct Location: 47.61931902742093, 16.771147808870666 City: Fertöhomok Country: Hungary Photos to support your claim: Additional information: Please move this stop to the correct location.…